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Patented Oct. 7, I902.

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EDWIN A. LELAND, OF GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANKH. 'WRIGHT, OF GREAT BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BROlLER, 84.0.

SPECIFIGATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 710,786, dated October7, 1902.

Application filed December 5, 1901. Serial No. 84,853. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. LELAND, of Great Barrington, in the countyof Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Broilers, &c.; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, makinga part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 isahorizontal sectional view of anapparatus made according to my invention, taken in the line 50 5c ofFig. 2. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of said apparatus.

The objects of this invention are to provide a simple,economically-constructed, and desirable apparatus for broiling and thelike with which the upper and lower sides of the no meat or other edibleto be cooked are simultaneously subjected to the action of heat, therebyavoiding not only the trouble incident to turning the material, as isordinarily practiced, but also the waste of meat-juices whichnecessarily occurs when meat is re versed, as upon an ordinary griddle.These objects are effectually attained by the new and usefulcombinations of parts included in my said invention, and which arehereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claims hereof.

A is a concave-convex baffle-pan, the periphery of which is raised, asshown at a in Fig. 2. This baflle-pan is more or less elevated to permita suitable means of heating to be applied underneath. As shown in Fig.2, the baffle-pan is supported by legs I) at its circumference. The feetof these legs should be in a line substantially concentric with thecircumference of the baffle-pan, for a purpose hereinafter set forth.Projected upward from the periphery of the baffle-pan are studs 0, theobject of which is herein presently explained. An economy ofconstruction and durability of structure is obtained by making the legsI) and studs 0 integral with each other and of flat metal riveted, as atd, to the contiguous under surface of the circumferential part of thebalfle-pan, as shown in the section Fig. 2.

Placed in or upon the baflle-pan A is a bottom plate 13, which has araised rim 6, the upper edge of which is wired, as at f, so that thesaid edge folded outward over the wiref may rest upon and be supportedby the periphery of the baffle-pan with the rim 6 of the bottom platelying within and concentric with the raised edge aforesaid of thebafflepan. \Vhen the bottom plate is in position,as described, the studs0, being outside of its pe- 6o riphery, prevent its accidentaldisplacement. To facilitate removal and displacement of the bottomplate, as occasion may require, it may be provided with lifting rings gat opposite sides of its circumference.

O is a wire grill, which is made of wire of any desired character andpreferably interlaced and of any desired mesh-as, for example, one-halfinch. WVhile the greater surface of this grill is or may besubstantially flat, its circmnferential portion h is depressed and atits lower edge should, for strength and durability, be fast to aperipherywire (1, which stiffens and keeps in shape the circumference ofthe grill. It will be observed that this depressed circumference of thegrill serves to support the upper and substantially fiat portion of thegrill in a more or less elevated position above the bottom plate B, sothat a substantial proportion of flame, hot 8c air, and gases, &c.,rising from a heating device beneath the baffle-pan may pass through thedepressed peripheral portion of the grill, underneath the upper orbroiling part of the latter, in the manner and for a purpose hereinpresently described.

D is a cover, the downwardly-extended sides t' of which when the coveris applied in place pass outside of the legs Z), which latter, beingprojected beyond the peripheral line of the bathe-plate, hold againstthe lower portion of the sides '71 of the cover, and thus retain thelatter concentric with the baflie-pan and the bottom plate, with a spacem between the circumferences 0f the two latter and the surrounding wallor sides 2' of the cover, so that the flame, hot air, gases, &c., frombelow the baffle-pan may pass upward into the herein presently-describedrelation with the grill. In the top of the cover are one or moreoutlet-openings a, over which may be provided a suitable hood 1-. Fastunder the top of the,

cover and secured thereto is a heat-reflecting plate E, which may be ofsheet-tin or other bright metal. In this plate E are any desired numberof holes or openings u, through which hot air and gases may pass fromwithin the cover to the chamber 20, between the reflecting-plate and thetop of the cover, and thence make their escape through the outletopening or openings it of the latter. A convenient means of retainingthe heat-reflecting plate and the hood in position is by means of a boltF, which passes through the hood and the plate, with a nut y at itslower end and a shoulder 11 at its upper part, between which the hood,the top of the cover, and the defiector-plate are confined, as shown inFig.

On the upper end of this bolt is a knob is, by which the cover may belifted or manipulated as occasion may demand.

The parts being disposed, as described, with the cover in place and asuitable source of heat underneath the baflie-panas, for example, agas-stove, or, if preferred, provided by placing the apparatus over oneof the openings above the fire-pot of an ordinary cookstovethe operationof the apparatus is as follows: The convex under surface of thebaffie-pan disperses the heated air and gas radially to the space onbetween the sides 2' of the cover and the circumferences of thebaffle-pan and the bottom plate and at the same time prevents a toointense action of the heat on the bottom plate. The heated air, gases,&c., pass in part through the open depressed circumferential part h, andthus below the grill, while another portion of said hot air, gases,850., passes over the grill, thereby subjecting the articles which areon the latter simultaneously to the requisite broiling or cooking actionboth upon their upper and lower surfaces, the hot air, gases, &c., frombelow the grill passing upward from underneath the latter through thespaces of the grill not covered by the articles aforesaid. Thereflecting-plate F throws back a portion of the heat from the air andgases within the cover upon the upper side of the grill, and, further,the heat of the air, gases, &c., passed into the chamber to is passed byconduction through the reflecting-plate, and as radiant heat acts uponthe upper surface of the articles on the grill, so that by the meansdescribed the heat is utilized to the utmost. By causing the depressedcircumferential part of the grill to support at the proper height themain or operative portion of the grill a most effective and economicalmeans of insuring the passage of the requisite portion of the hot airand gases underneath the grill to enable both sides of the articles tobe simultaneously broiled is provided.

It will be noticed that as the grill, the bottom plate, the baffle-pan,and the cover are separable each from the other any of the said partsmay be readily removed for convenience in cleaning or for otherpurposes.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with a wire grill,constructed with a depressed circumference, a bottom plate whichsupports the grill at its periphery and means for supporting the bottomplate at the requisite height, of a cover the sides whereof surround thegrill and the bottom plate and provide a space through which a portionof hot air, gases, 850., may pass below the grill through the opendepressed circumferential part of the grill, while another portionpasses over the grill, as described.

2. The combination with a wire grill, constructed with a depressedcircumference, a bottom plate which supports the grill at its periphery,and has an upwardly-projected rim for retaining the grill in place, of aconcavo-convex baiiie-pan havinglegs which support it at the requisiteheight and which re ceives and supports the bottom plate, and a coverthe sides whereof surround the grill, the bottom plate and thebaffle-pan and provide between said sides a passage through which aportion of hot air, gases, 850., may pass below the grill through theopen depressed circumferential parts thereof while another portionpasses over the grill, as described.

3. The combination with a wire grill, constructed with a depressedcircumference, a bottom plate which supports the grill and has anupwardly-projected rim for retaining the grill in place, and aconcavo-convex bafliepan which supports the bottom plate and which haslegs whereby it is itself supported at the requisite height, and a coverthe sides whereof surround the parts aforesaid and provide a passagethrough which hot air, gases, 850., may pass to and through the opendepressed circumference of the grill, of a re fleeting-plate provided inthe top of the cover and arranged to reflect and transmit heat above thegrill, as described.

4. The combination with a wire grill, constructed with a depressedcircumference, a bottom plate which supports the grill and has anupwardly-projected rim for retaining the grill in place, aconcavo-convex baffle-pan which supports the bottom plate and which hasupwardly-projected studs for retaining the bottom plate in position andlegs for sup porting the baffle plate at the requisite height, of acover the sides of which surround the baffie-plate and provide a passagethrough which hot air, gases, &c., from below the baffle-plate may passto and through the open depressed circumferential portions of the grill,as described.

5. The combination with a wire grill, constructed with a depressedcircumference, a bottom plate which supports the grill and has acircumferential rim for retaining the grill in place, a concavo-convexbaffie-pan which supports the bottom plate, and a cover the sides ofwhich surround the grill, the bottom plate, and the battle-pan toprovide a passage through which hot air, gases, 850., may pass frombelow the baffle-plate to and through the open depressed circumferenceof the grill, of legs provided to the baffle-pan and projeeted beyondthe circumference thereof whereby the sides of the cover are heldeoncentric with the baffle-pan to secure a practically uniform width tothe passage aforesaid, as described.

6. The combination with a grill composed of interlaced wires and havinga depressed circumference, a bottom plate which supports the grill andhas a circumferential rim for retaining the grill in place, aeoncavo-convex baflie-pan which supports the bottom plate, a cover thesides of which surround the baffle-pan, the bottom plate, and the grillto provide a passage through which hot air, gases, 850., may pass to andthrough the depressed circumference of the grill to the under side ofthe latter, and legs for supporting the baffle-plate at the requisiteheight and for holding the sides of the cover in proper relation withthe baffle-plate, of a reflector in the top of the cover arranged toreflect and to transmit heat to the upper side of the grill, asdescribed.

7. The combination with a grill composed of interlaced wires and havinga depressed circumference, a bottom plate which supports said grill andwhich has a circumferential rim to retain the grill in place, and abafflepan which supports the bottom plate, and a cover the sides ofwhich surround the baffleplate, the bottom plate and the grill toprovide a passage through which hot air, gases, 856., may pass frombelow the baflle-pan to and through the open depressed circumferentialparts of the grill, of a reflecting-plate in the upper part of the coverand communieating with a chamber between said plate and the top of thecover, a hood over the outlet from the cover, and a screw and nut whichextend through the hood and the reflectingplate to attach both to thetop of the cover, as described.

EDYVIN A. LELAND.

'Witnesses:

J. O. FR IN, JOHN BETTIS, Jr,

